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Two young women died of suspected drug overdoses after collapsing at the HARD Summer music festival at the Fairplex in Pomona, authorities said Sunday. Both women -- one 18 years old, one 19 -- were found unresponsive at the festival Saturday evening, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. It was unclear whether the women were connected in any way. One was transported to Pomona Valley Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m., authorities said. The other woman was transported to the same hospital where she was pronounced dead about 8 p.m. The identities of both women were withheld pending notification of family members, authorities said....

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